Demographic characteristics of patients with severe neuropathic pain secondary to failed back surgery syndrome

Pain Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-215

  Thomson, Simon ^a,b   Jacques, Line ^c  

^a Pain Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failed back surgery syndrome; Neuropathic pain; Patient characteristics; Quality of life; Treatment pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 65449185348     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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